Books Like The Silmarillion

Loved The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien? If its fantasy, gods & mythology and classics hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Return of the King, Speaking Bones and The Gathering Storm. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Silmarillion: Fantasy · Gods & Mythology · Classics · Epic Fantasy · Elves

The Return of the King
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Elves · High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Omniscient Narrator · Classics

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Speaking Bones
Ken Liu

Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Omniscient Narrator · Dense Prose

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The Gathering Storm
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

High Fantasy · Fall From Grace · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare

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A Dance with Dragons
George R.R. Martin

High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Slow-Paced

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Titus Groan
Mervyn Peake

Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Lyrical Prose · Dense Prose · Fall From Grace

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The Fall
Ryan Cahill

High Fantasy · Elves · Epic Fantasy · Dragons · Sprawling Epic

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The Fury of the Gods
John Gwynne

Epic Fantasy · Gods & Mythology · Soldiers and Warfare · Dragons · Tragic

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Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas

High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Bittersweet

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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy

Fall From Grace · Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Classics · Sprawling Epic

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The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur
Lev Grossman

Sprawling Epic · Omniscient Narrator · Fall From Grace · Soldiers and Warfare · Epic Fantasy

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Phantom
Terry Goodkind

High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare · Curses

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Wind and Truth: Book Five of the Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson

High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Soldiers and Warfare · Gods & Mythology · Sprawling Epic

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Strange the Dreamer
Laini Taylor

High Fantasy · Lyrical Prose · Gods & Mythology · Bittersweet · Dense Prose

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Blade Breaker
Victoria Aveyard

Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Dragons · Sprawling Epic · Soldiers and Warfare

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The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett

Sprawling Epic · Classics · Omniscient Narrator · Revenge Plot · Ensemble Cast

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Dune
Frank Herbert

Omniscient Narrator · Classics · Sprawling Epic · Dense Prose · Soldiers and Warfare

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A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon

High Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sprawling Epic · Dense Prose · Dragons

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The Lotus Empire
Tasha Suri

Epic Fantasy · Soldiers and Warfare · Lyrical Prose · Gods & Mythology · Bittersweet

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Ruination
Anthony Reynolds

Tragic · Fall From Grace · Curses · Epic Fantasy · Soldiers and Warfare

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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens

Omniscient Narrator · Tragic · Classics · Dense Prose · Revenge Plot

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